Eli5 What happens during Hypo and hyperglycemia.

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Pretty simple quesrion, but undoubtably has a pretty conplex answer…
What actually happens to the body when we go into hypo or hyperglycemic shock?
I understand that diabetics have to watch their food consumption, and more accurately, their sugar consumption, because too much or too little causes us to go into hypo/hyperglycemic shock, but what happens?

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The difference is actually simple: HYPOglycemia is too little blood sugar, HYPERglycemia is too much sugar. Sugar is where your cells get energy to function, so with too little, you just start powering down. With too much sugar, it can actually start bonding to random things in your blood stream, causing them to not function

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